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Xi’ Nich distances itself from conflict in the Lacandón Community Zone
XI’ NICH DISTANCES ITSELF FROM THE CONFLICT IN THE LACANDÓN COMMUNITY ZONE ** It classifies it as a violent organization and differs with its methods ** Its leader Gabriel Montoya, is responsible for the massacre in Viejo Velasco, it points…
Read MoreARIC-ID and the Lacandóns paralyze Ocosingo
ARIC-ID AND THE LACANDÓNS “PARALYZE” OCOSINGO During the month of May, much attention was focused on Chiapas because of the La Realidad paramilitary attack in which Compañero Galeano was brutally murdered, as well as the subsequent homage to Galeano, the…
Read MoreZapatista News Summary for May 2014
COMPAÑERO GALEANO MURDERED IN LA REALIDAD ATTACK; MARCOS DISAPPEARS AND BECOMES SCI “GALEANO” The assassination of José Luis Solís López (Compañero Galeano), the EZLN’s response, the national and international protests that followed, the day of homage and the disappearance of…
Read MoreZibechi: Social policies, ethics and the Zapatistas
SOCIAL POLICIES, ETHICS AND THE EZLN By: Raúl Zibechi Behind the cowardly murder of the teacher Galeano in La Realidad are the so-called “social policies” inspired in the “fight against poverty” sketched by the World Bank four decades ago, after…
Read MoreMOISÉS: News about Escuelitas and Request for Sharing
ESCUELITA, PEACE CAMP, SHARING AND RECONSTRUCTION ZAPATISTA NATIONAL LIBERATION ARMY May 27, 2014. To the compañeras and compañeros of the Sixth in Mexico and the world: To the brothers and sisters of the National Indigenous Congress and the indigenous peoples…
Read MoreMarcos: Between Light and Shadow
BETWEEN LIGHT AND SHADOW In La Realidad [Reality], Planet Earth May 2014 Compañera, compañeroa, compañero: Good evening, afternoon, or morning, whichever it may be in your geography, time, and way of being. Good very early morning. I would like to…
Read MoreGustavo Esteva: La Realidad is ours
LA REALIDAD IS OURS By: Gustavo Esteva This Saturday we were able to see, with complete clarity, what that other politics is. The caravan from San Cristóbal, with dozens and dozens of vehicles of all sizes, was a serpent of…
Read MoreMarcos Announces His Disappearance
SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS ANNOUNCES HIS DISAPPEARANCE At 2:08 AM this morning, Subcomandante Marcos announced that starting at that moment he ceases to exist. In a press conference before the free media that attended the homage to Galeano, the Zapatista assassinated in…
Read MoreSubcomandante Marcos at Homage to Galeano
SUBCOMANDANTE MARCOS REAPPEARS AT THE HOMAGE TO GALEANO IN LA REALIDAD ** Thousands participated in the ceremony; more data was given about the murder of the Votán ** Moisés reiterated that the EZLN’s struggle is peaceful: “If they provoke, we don’t” From the…
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